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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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